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Download full textRoempler, Kimberly S.; Warren, Charles R. – 1993
Formerly reserved for use by scientists, researchers, and computer buffs, computer networks now have capabilities that make them extremely useful to science teachers and their classes. This digest is designed to provide educators with some basic background on computer communications and to provide a few examples of computer networks that are…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Lowell Univ., MA. – 1989
This research project was designed to evaluate the synergistic effects of linking workshops for science teachers with electronic conferencing. The rationale for this study was that these two methods of professional development and communication would have an impact beyond that which either would have alone. Included are the abstract, a description…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science
Peer reviewedBeam, Bonnie J. – Computers in the Schools, 1996
WCU Micronet is a telecommunications network outreach program of Western Carolina University. What started as an aid to local high school science teachers has become a statewide K-12 multidisciplinary computer network with Internet listserv and Web capabilities. WCU Micronet also provides printed support and workshops for inservice and preservice…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Networks, Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Technology Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1985
The Educational Technology Center (ETC) was established by the National Institute of Education in October, 1983, in order to find ways of using the computer and other information technologies to teach science, mathematics, and computing more effectively. This report describes the ETC, presents its framework for research, and summarizes work on 12…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Educational Technology Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1986
The Educational Technology Center (ETC) was established by the National Institute of Education in October, 1983, in order to find ways of using the computer and other information technologies to teach science, mathematics, and computing more effectively. This report describes the ETC, presents its framework for research, and summarizes work on 11…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark. – 1988
A junior high/middle school science improvement project established by the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Fairleigh Dickinson University is described in this report. Among project goals are: to improve teacher skills and qualifications in science teaching and offer access to instructional resources; to eliminate teacher isolation; and to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
